Theme Notes
Series 155: Doors and Windows
Doors and Windows
From an early age, children are fascinated by doors and windows, mainly because their
curiosity is aroused. When a door or window is opened, the beginning of a new place or
area is created; inside or outside, upstairs or downstairs, and the child is able to explore and
find out more about a familiar environment, or one that is totally new.
This week, through doors and windows we see new situations e.g. a hospital kitchen, life in a
block of flats, people who pass by a window. We make a simple, large, cardboard house
and open it to reveal familiar rooms. Each day we sing the song "In and out the Windows”.
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Theme Notes
Series 155: Doors and Windows
Monday
SONGS
How Many People Live at Your House?
Composer: Lucille Wood
Publisher: Harrap Publishing UK
Bananas in Pyjamas
Composer: Carey Blyton
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
PRESENTERS
Justine Clarke – Teo Gebert
PIANIST
Brian Castles-Onion
TOLD STORY
Who Will Buy My Bucket?
(A story told by the Play School team)
FILM
Family Meal
(Play School, ABC)
ANIMATION
Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
Make a house, a block of flats, a
caravan or any dwelling you like using
recycled boxes and tape. Friends or
family could help you make box
furniture and you could decorate the
walls with pictures or home-made
wallpaper. Have fun playing imaginary
games with a friend or a toy in your
box dwelling!
If you have a pet at home, give it some
extra care – make sure its bed is clean,
change the water in its water bowl or
give it a brush. If you don’t have a pet
at home, look after a pet toy.
Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
In and Out the Windows
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
One Day a Hand Went Walking
Composers: Peter Charlton & Paul Reade
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Wee Willie Winkie
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Ride a Cock Horse
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Man Man Mangia
Composers: R Sheldon & P Mitchell
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
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Theme Notes
Series 155: Doors and Windows
MAKE AND DO
How to Make a Window Picture
You will need:
A3 coloured cardboard
Ruler
Pencil
Scissors
Clear contact
Coloured paper, crepe paper, cellophane, tissue paper
Use a ruler, pencil and scissors to create two identical window frames from A3 coloured
cardboard.
Place the window frames side-by-side on clear contact (with the backing still on) and trace
around them. Cut out the contact, remove the backing and place the cardboard frames
back in the same position.
Use coloured paper, crepe paper, cellophane and tissue paper to make colourful shapes to
display in your window frame. You might like to cut out different coloured flowers and leaves
or tear different types of paper into strips. Arrange them on the sticky contact of one
window. Once you’re happy with your design, fold the contact over so the window frames
meet up and the contact sticks together.
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Theme Notes
Series 155: Doors and Windows
Tuesday
SONGS
Two Little Boats
Composers: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Drip Drop
Composers: Peter & Robyn Mapleson
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
PRESENTERS
Christine Anu – Jay Laga’aia
Put on Your Hat
Composer: Colin Buchanan
Publisher: Rondor
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?
Composer: Septimus Winner
STORY
Jack’s New Boat
Author & Illustrator: Sarah McMenemy
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd London
FILM
Dog’s Birthday
(Play School, ABC)
In and Out the Windows
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Shane and Josh
Composers: Gary & Carol Crees
Publisher: Control
ANIMATION
Hats
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
Next time you are near a harbour or
river, count how many different sorts of
boats you can see. When you get
home, make a simple boat from a milk
bottle. Make sure you leave the lid on
so your boat can float! Play with your
home-made boat in the bath or a
water trough.
Make a sand painting! Cover a piece
of paper or cardboard with paste, then
sprinkle sand all over it. Add any
beach-y things you can think of!
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Theme Notes
Series 155: Doors and Windows
MAKE AND DO
How to Make a Recycled Bottle Boat
You will need:
A recycled plastic bottle with the lid still on, such as a milk bottle
Scissors
Coloured cardboard
Tape
Straws
Tac
Cut a long, oblong hole in one side of a plastic bottle.
Cut a triangle from coloured cardboard for a sail. Tape it to a straw mast.
Use tac to stick the mast and sail in the hole in your plastic bottle.
Float your plastic boat in the bath, sink or a water trough.
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Theme Notes
Series 155: Doors and Windows
Wednesday
SONGS
Tall Shop in the Town
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
In and Out the Windows
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
PRESENTERS
Christine Anu – Jay Laga’aia
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
STORY
Mr Pod and Mr Piccalilli
Text © Penny Dolan
Illustration © Nick Sharratt
Broadcast by permission of the publisher
Walker Books Ltd, London
FILM
Going Up
(Play School, ABC)
The Fire Truck
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
We're Going Up
Composer: Ron Gamack
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Everybody Do This
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Three Little Ducks
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Peek-a-Boo
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
ANIMATION
Doors
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
On a rainy day, make a tram by
placing large boxes or chairs in a line,
one behind the other. Take a friend or
toy for a ride. Don't forget the tickets!
Next time you travel down a busy street
count how many doors and windows
you see.
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Theme Notes
Series 155: Doors and Windows
Thursday
SONGS
Jack in the Box
Composers: Satis Coleman & Alice Thorn
Publisher: Copyright Control
Down in the Valley Where Nobody Goes
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
PRESENTERS
Leah Vandenberg – Simon Burke
Choo Choo Vamos a Pasear
Composer: Traditional (Spain)
Publisher: Origin/ANC Music Publishing
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
I Jump Out of Bed in the Morning
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
TOLD STORY
Baby Big Ted’s Sleep
(A story told by the Play School team)
In and Out the Windows
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
FILM
Doors
(Play School, ABC)
Hickory Dickory Dock
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
ANIMATION
House for a Mouse
(Play School, ABC)
I'm Gonna Knock on your Door
Composer: Aaron Schroeder & Sid Wayne
Publisher: Belinda Music (Aust
IDEAS FOR LATER
Gold fish in a bowl or aquarium can be
an excellent source of interest for
someone living in an apartment or flat.
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Theme Notes
Series 155: Doors and Windows
MAKE AND DO
How to Make a Jack-in-the-Box
You will need:
A small cardboard box, such as a gift box
Different coloured A4 paper
Scissors
Tape
Crayons
Cut a piece of A4 coloured paper in half, lengthways. Tape the two lengths together so you
have a long strip of coloured paper.
Fold the strip of paper over and under, concertina style, to create springy body for your
Jack-in-the-Box.
Stick one end of the spring to the bottom of a cardboard box.
Cut a round circle from coloured paper for a face. Draw on eyes, a nose and a smiling
mouth. Stick to the top of the paper spring.
Cut a triangle from coloured paper for a hat. Stick to the head of your Jack-in-the-Box. Stick
the tip of the triangle hat to the lid of the cardboard box.
Put the lid back on. When you open the box, your Jack-in-the-Box will spring out! Ask friends
and family members to open the box and surprise them!
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Theme Notes
Series 155: Doors and Windows
Friday
SONGS
I'm Gonna Knock on your Door
Composer: Aaron Schroeder & Sid Wayne
Publisher: Belinda Music (Aust)
Knock! Knock! Knock!
Composer: Colin Buchanan
Publisher: Rondor
PRESENTERS
Simon Burke – Leah Vandenberg
In and Out the Windows
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
Choo Choo Vamos a Pasear
Composer: Traditional (Spain)
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
STORY
Alfie Gets in First
Author & Illustrator: Shirley Hughes
Publisher: Random House UK
Three Cheeky Monkeys
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
FILM
Hospital
(Play School, ABC)
ANIMATION
I’m a Little Teapot
(David Williams, ABC)
Jelly on a Plate
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
I'm a Little Teapot
Composer: George Harold Sanders & Clarence
Z. Kelley
Publisher: Kelman Music Publishing
IDEAS FOR LATER
See if you can find pictures or photos of
rockets, aeroplanes or space ships in
old magazines. Cut them out and make
a sky montage, or try and draw them
yourself!
Next time you visit a sick friend or family
member, make them a get well card!
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Theme Notes
Series 155: Doors and Windows
MAKE AND DO
Make a Toy Hospital
You will need:
Boxes
Tea towels, small pillows
Coloured paper
Coloured cardboard
Coloured textas and crayons
Kitchen funnel
Paddle pop stick
Tape
Set up a hospital ward for your toys!
Use boxes for hospital beds. Set your toys up in their beds, using tea towels and small pillows
for bedding.
Make medical charts from coloured cardboard for all of your patients.
Make a nurses hat from paper.
Tape a kitchen funnel to a paddle pop stick to make an otoscope, a medical instrument for
looking into patients ears.
Use coloured crayons and textas to make get well cards for you toys.
Put on your nurses hat and check up on all your patients! Use your otoscope and note each
patient’s condition on his/her medical chart.
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